Dr. Nairam Simoes is the newest Lecturer of Trumpet at Texas A&M Kingsville. He has recently completed the DMA degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and has a wealth of knowledge in teaching and performance, particularly in chamber music and Latin and South American music. Dr. Simoes is an active Performer and Educator in the greater Cincinnati area playing with many of the Midwest’s finest ensembles including the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Lexington Philarmonic, Springfield Symphony Orchestra and Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Internationally, he has taught in Brazil as Trumpet Faculty for the 2016 Campina Grande International Music Festival in Paraíba and as a Guest Clinician at University of Campinas in São Paulo. Dr. Simoes holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Memphis. His primary teachers have included Marie Speziale, Jim Pandolfi, Alan Siebert, Phil Collins, Charles Schlueter, Eric Berlin, Kyle Millsap and David Spencer. Dr. Nairam Simoes is a Powell Trumpets Performing Artist.